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Definition of fantastic



Overview of adj fantastic

The adj fantastic has 5 senses? (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (4) antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque

(ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror")

2. (3) fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, marvellous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous

(extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement")

3. (2) fantastic, wild

(fanciful and unrealistic; foolish; "a fantastic idea of his own importance")

4. (1) fantastic, fantastical

(existing in fancy only; "fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel"- Nathaniel Hawthorne)

5. fantastic

(extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance; "Gaudi's fantastic architecture")